"What the Bleep" and Dr Emoto's bullsh*t water crystals
To give you some flavour of what "What the Bleep" movie is like:
DR EMOTO'S WATER CRYSTALS
- In reference to: What the Bleep - Water Crystals
There exists only one publication of his work in a journal (The journal for alternative medicine), and it wasn't an academic article - it was a photo essay that isn't subjected to serious scientific scrutiny. It was only two pages long, with one page being nothing but photos.
By his own admission he takes up to 50 photos of each sample until he "finds" the pictures that he likes. (And done in an environment that is not proper lab conditions, with little control of external factors)
The real science that explains the shapes of water (ice) crystals, states that the shape is determined by temparature (determines flat vs hexagonal structure formation), and humidity (higher humidity produces more complex shapes, lower humidity produces simpler structures)
No one else has EVER been able to reproduce any of his results in anything close to resembling a scientific experiment.
The James Randi Educational Foundation offered Emoto $1 million if he could reproduce his results under scientific conditions - and he refused.
Dr Emoto makes a lot of money selling his books, and blessed water.
DR EMOTO'S WATER CRYSTALS
- In reference to: What the Bleep - Water Crystals
There exists only one publication of his work in a journal (The journal for alternative medicine), and it wasn't an academic article - it was a photo essay that isn't subjected to serious scientific scrutiny. It was only two pages long, with one page being nothing but photos.
By his own admission he takes up to 50 photos of each sample until he "finds" the pictures that he likes. (And done in an environment that is not proper lab conditions, with little control of external factors)
The real science that explains the shapes of water (ice) crystals, states that the shape is determined by temparature (determines flat vs hexagonal structure formation), and humidity (higher humidity produces more complex shapes, lower humidity produces simpler structures)
No one else has EVER been able to reproduce any of his results in anything close to resembling a scientific experiment.
The James Randi Educational Foundation offered Emoto $1 million if he could reproduce his results under scientific conditions - and he refused.
Dr Emoto makes a lot of money selling his books, and blessed water.
WHAT THE BLEEP!
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David Albert is the physicist from Columbia University. He talks in little snippets
about quantum mechanics in the film. Here's what he has to say about the movie:
See wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Albert
That lady that talks about men's erections, seems to be a bit of a crazy. She heads up a cult, and claims to channel the spirit of Ramtha who died 35,000 years ago fighting the people of Atlantis. Her fifth husband died of HIV AIDS when he followed her spiritual advise of using positive thinking methods, instead of medical science.
The rest are just as mad:
Two other on-screen experts are not identified as Ramtha associates: Dr. Joe Dispenza, chiropractor and mystic, listed as a student on the Ramtha Web site; and a man identified only as "Dr. Michael Ledwith."
Ledwith (at one time Monsignor Michael Ledwith) was once on track to be the next archbishop of Dublin, but the theologian stepped down as president of Maynooth College in 1994, after a complaint that he had sexually harassed a young seminarian. It was later revealed that Ledwith had allegedly paid a six-figure sum to a man who accused him of sexual abuse.
Dr John Hagelin (Phd), appears to have done a lot of his work at the Maharishi university, which is not a normal university. According to his own website (http://hagelin.org/) he is The Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace. Pleeeeeaaaze!
But wait there's more! According to wikipedia he is also:
- Executive Director of the International Center for Invincible Defense
- President of the US Peace Government
- Raja of Invincible America
All little bullshit titles and organisations.
The "Maharishi Effect" was an experiment in 1993 about the drop in violent crime in DC during a two month period of meditation. There were a number of problems with this experiment including that the murder rate actually rose. It was discovered later that ALL the members of the "independent scientific review board" were followers of the Maharishi, and the experiment has never been independently replicated.
"I was edited in such a way as to completely suppress my actual views about the
matters the movie discusses. I am, indeed, profoundly unsympathetic to attempts
at linking quantum mechanics with consciousness. Moreover, I explained all that,
at great length, on camera, to the producers of the film ... Had I known that I
would have been so radically misrepresented in the movie, I would certainly not
have agreed to be filmed. "
See wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Albert
That lady that talks about men's erections, seems to be a bit of a crazy. She heads up a cult, and claims to channel the spirit of Ramtha who died 35,000 years ago fighting the people of Atlantis. Her fifth husband died of HIV AIDS when he followed her spiritual advise of using positive thinking methods, instead of medical science.
The rest are just as mad:
Two other on-screen experts are not identified as Ramtha associates: Dr. Joe Dispenza, chiropractor and mystic, listed as a student on the Ramtha Web site; and a man identified only as "Dr. Michael Ledwith."
Ledwith (at one time Monsignor Michael Ledwith) was once on track to be the next archbishop of Dublin, but the theologian stepped down as president of Maynooth College in 1994, after a complaint that he had sexually harassed a young seminarian. It was later revealed that Ledwith had allegedly paid a six-figure sum to a man who accused him of sexual abuse.
Dr John Hagelin (Phd), appears to have done a lot of his work at the Maharishi university, which is not a normal university. According to his own website (http://hagelin.org/) he is The Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace. Pleeeeeaaaze!
But wait there's more! According to wikipedia he is also:
- Executive Director of the International Center for Invincible Defense
- President of the US Peace Government
- Raja of Invincible America
All little bullshit titles and organisations.
The "Maharishi Effect" was an experiment in 1993 about the drop in violent crime in DC during a two month period of meditation. There were a number of problems with this experiment including that the murder rate actually rose. It was discovered later that ALL the members of the "independent scientific review board" were followers of the Maharishi, and the experiment has never been independently replicated.